Table 1.
Sample Demographics and Confounding Factors by Experimental Groups
| Baseline Characteristics | Training Group (N = 109) | Control Group (N = 103) |
p Value (A vs. C) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Complete (N = 67) | (B) Dropout (N = 42) | p Value (A vs. B) | (C) Complete (N = 75) | (D) Dropout (N = 28) | p Value (C vs. D) | ||
| Age (y) | 72.0±5.5 | 74.6±5.2 | .0184 | 73.7±5.3 | 74.4±6.0 | .5459 | .0765 |
| Gender (male) | 23 (34.3%) | 14 (33.3%) | .9150 | 16 (21.3%) | 6 (21.4%) | .9916 | .0833 |
| Mass (kg) | 75.6±13.0 | 75.3±14.3 | .9113 | 75.2±14.4 | 82.7±16.8 | .0265 | .8619 |
| History of falls (yes) | 23 (34.3%) | 13 (31.0%) | .6985 | 29 (38.7%) | 8 (28.6%) | .6383 | .5922 |
| Berg Balance Scale | 54.7±1.7 | 54.3±1.8 | .1858 | 54.4±1.8 | 53.6±2.3 | .0935 | .2668 |
| Timed Up and Go score | 7.2±1.3 | 7.2±1.9 | .8640 | 7.9±1.6 | 8.6±2.4 | .1768 | .0059 |